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bush years. it was the same kind of over average in the executive branch. you mentioned dreamers, obama care. these are all agenda items that the president decided to execute because he didn't want to involve congress. because he couldn't promote his agenda through congress. that's not the way we make laws in this country. we can't pretend just because the president wants to do something, another branch of government doesn't that gives him the authority to do so. >> you've studied relationships between congress and the executive branch for a long time. is what we're seeing here unprecedented or a more normal thing? >> it's more normal, taken to a different level. i get amused when i see the back and forth on this. i remember wall street editorials during the reagan and bush years which made it clear there was no article i in the constitution. now you're getting indignation over things that they had deeply supported in the past. i don't like to see -- i didn't like to see all kinds of signing statements that basically said i've signed this law, but i'm not g
bush years. it was the same kind of over average in the executive branch. you mentioned dreamers, obama care. these are all agenda items that the president decided to execute because he didn't want to involve congress. because he couldn't promote his agenda through congress. that's not the way we make laws in this country. we can't pretend just because the president wants to do something, another branch of government doesn't that gives him the authority to do so. >> you've studied...
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neil: i always wonder, with george w. bush, whether you like him or not, he would not get the same reviews. >> right, it goes without saying that obama is getting benefit of doubt on most -- it is more critical than it used to be, given the media biassed today obama, when there is an opportunity he does something well, it will be played very large, as his come back story. he will get a boost when the moment arises. he is good add being our national consoler in chief. he may use that to once again show what he is good at, in touchiig people and putin stuff, will begun. neil: you could be right, obsess in the moment, forget it is the moment. suzie welch, president today trying to sell people on health care law, record numbers of folks are not buying it, they want no part of it, wha does heo about it? plan plan my customers can shop around-- see who does good work and compare costs. it doesn't usually work that way with health care. but with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatment options and
neil: i always wonder, with george w. bush, whether you like him or not, he would not get the same reviews. >> right, it goes without saying that obama is getting benefit of doubt on most -- it is more critical than it used to be, given the media biassed today obama, when there is an opportunity he does something well, it will be played very large, as his come back story. he will get a boost when the moment arises. he is good add being our national consoler in chief. he may use that to...
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when president george w. bush was in office, those were called 527s. under president barack obama, the type on the right, those are called 501c4 organizations. there are some democratic leaning 501c4s, as well. they tend to look something like this. >> cheering on our colleges and their students, something we're all in favor of, but republicans want to take away that support. but president obama has a plan to help. >> it's a joke, right? it's a joke that these groups are not set up to be political actors, but tax law says that intervening in elections can't be most of what these groups are about. and it is an absolute farce. but that is the tax code and after citizens united cleared the way for unlimited donations, the number of these types of groups in american politics went from something like 1,500 for the 2010 elections to something like 3,400 for the 2012 elections. and the irs scandal that broke on friday, this irs scandal that president obama discussed today while standing next to david cameron in the white house. the scandal is about how the ir
when president george w. bush was in office, those were called 527s. under president barack obama, the type on the right, those are called 501c4 organizations. there are some democratic leaning 501c4s, as well. they tend to look something like this. >> cheering on our colleges and their students, something we're all in favor of, but republicans want to take away that support. but president obama has a plan to help. >> it's a joke, right? it's a joke that these groups are not set up...
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. >> george bush was on vacation. whereas president obama takes two to three weeks per year, about the same as the rest of us. >> we have to set that record straight. >> the same as the rest of us. >> we have to set that record straight. christie, bless your heart. >> i would love for you -- >> george bush didn't go to hawaii, he didn't go to martha's vineyard. he didn't go to atlanta. >> christie, let her talk. >> he didn't go to all these places, you know where he went? he went to his ranch in texas. you know what he did on his ranch in texas? he chopped wood. he went to his own home. >> you got to let her talk, one at a time. our audience needs to hear. >> these democrats, sean. he went to his own ranch. christie, i realize that you're a conservative woman makes you feel uncomfortable. you feel that you have to constantly interrupt me. it doesn't work. i'm going to continue with my point and you're going to listen. >> let her talk. >> george bush, let's act like a lady, okay. george bush went to his ranch in texas
. >> george bush was on vacation. whereas president obama takes two to three weeks per year, about the same as the rest of us. >> we have to set that record straight. >> the same as the rest of us. >> we have to set that record straight. christie, bless your heart. >> i would love for you -- >> george bush didn't go to hawaii, he didn't go to martha's vineyard. he didn't go to atlanta. >> christie, let her talk. >> he didn't go to all these...
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they are not owned by the democrats, they are the george w. bush tax cuts. back to raising the retirement age, that scares the american people. i understand that the republicans are talking, you know, openly and honestly about what needs to happen, but if you are going to do that, you have to have antiage discrimination laws, people in the 70s, sick on the job, could be firedded. i can't imagine working to age 70. talk about it. >> i'm 71 # and still working. liz: god bless you. >> retiredded from the senate and went to work, a different work, but we're not talking a huge increase. people are living longer. people are in better health for a variety of reasons. over a period of years would affect people going forward in the next several years. it would affect probably our children, but even then, it would have a minimal impact, and on social security, for instance, all you're talking about is an honest cost of living increase each year based on actual costs of actual inflation. liz: yeah, i hear that. it's a fantasy that the payroll tax can fund social securi
they are not owned by the democrats, they are the george w. bush tax cuts. back to raising the retirement age, that scares the american people. i understand that the republicans are talking, you know, openly and honestly about what needs to happen, but if you are going to do that, you have to have antiage discrimination laws, people in the 70s, sick on the job, could be firedded. i can't imagine working to age 70. talk about it. >> i'm 71 # and still working. liz: god bless you. >>...
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if george bush can run around saying don't mess with texas then obama is allowed to run around and say stop messing with black, male children. >> i'm just going to turn you loose. >> okay. you know i looked at this with great sadness as i watched this unfold yesterday live from my office in washington and i said to myself, how dare the president of the united states lower himself to the same level as these race merchants out here trying to gin up race relations in a way that's absolutely inaccurate and untrue. no he's the president of the united states. he's not the black president. he ran as a man who's supposed to transcend race. no one is supposed to talk about him as a black man and this was a missed opportunity for him to come in and say you know what? this case was not about race. this case was about the rule of law. actually, he never should have commented on the first place. it's a local case and he should have kept quiet about it. >> he's not the president of just black people. but he is a black president. >> he was the president of black people yesterday afternoon. >> he is a
if george bush can run around saying don't mess with texas then obama is allowed to run around and say stop messing with black, male children. >> i'm just going to turn you loose. >> okay. you know i looked at this with great sadness as i watched this unfold yesterday live from my office in washington and i said to myself, how dare the president of the united states lower himself to the same level as these race merchants out here trying to gin up race relations in a way that's...
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. >> i mean, if george bush, remember how the press excoriated, what do you read, gov. palin and everything. that wasn't good enough answer. are you saying the president doesn't know? i'm saying i'm taking him at his word. >> that's probably worse. >> he goes out to the podium to answer questions from the press corps when that was one of the biggest stories last night and he didn't have anything to lead with, that doesn't put him in a good position >> it's not good enough to go out there and say i'm not familiar with it, what has been breaking news 24 hours or more and it's all over fox. we've got this story. it's impossible for the president of the united states to say i'm not familiar with it. in fact, throughout the entire press conference he said virtually nothing. long, rambling answers, a circular answer that said nothing positive at all. there was no answer, no direct answer to any question whatsoever. >> i'm not sure why they had the press conference at all. >> that's a good question. >> because if you have the bully pulpit, you should use it. bully us. come out
. >> i mean, if george bush, remember how the press excoriated, what do you read, gov. palin and everything. that wasn't good enough answer. are you saying the president doesn't know? i'm saying i'm taking him at his word. >> that's probably worse. >> he goes out to the podium to answer questions from the press corps when that was one of the biggest stories last night and he didn't have anything to lead with, that doesn't put him in a good position >> it's not good...
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. >>> president george w. bush took a whopping 50 trips to his texas ranch, totalling 323 days in the same time period. >>> that's going to do it for your morning dish scrambled politics. >>> here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. how many vacation days for you? >> 43 if i'm lucky. >>> let's talk about what's going on out there with the weather. over the weekend, got drenched in the southeast. the big story, all of the pictures of that devastating fire in idaho, that's where it's located there, just north of the fairfield area. idaho has definitely been one of the bull's eye points. yesterday, it was 97 in boise. 90 in billings. 98 in denver. lot of the heat that's in the west is now going to head east, after another cool weekend. it looks like temperatures are going to soar this weekend. back where they should be. the exception this week will be the southeast, still kind of rainy, and it's been rainy for a while. as far as the forecast, we're going to call for two to three inches of rain there. erin dissipated
. >>> president george w. bush took a whopping 50 trips to his texas ranch, totalling 323 days in the same time period. >>> that's going to do it for your morning dish scrambled politics. >>> here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. how many vacation days for you? >> 43 if i'm lucky. >>> let's talk about what's going on out there with the weather. over the weekend, got drenched in the southeast. the big story, all of the pictures of that devastating fire...
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. >> guest: you come from a conservative republican background, senator mac, george rp bush, independent women's forum, is it tough to be a conservative republican in silicon valley? >> guest: no, it's not. you know, i say that people care about issues more so than politics, per se. i did a briefing on capitol hill earlier, and questions came up, oh can washington get more engaged, and the response was stay out. you know, they don't want you there, just allow you to do what they do best which is technology and output of that is innovation, so there is great concern for the environment in cleaning water, in fixing problems that billions of people are affected to. in addition to recognizing that, you know, there's authenticity in the way things are done there. the value is really placed on following through on your passion, nothing to do with politics. >> does silicon valley in general, and i hate to generalize like that, but do they pay attention to what's going on in washington? >> guest: no, no, no, and, really, if you look back recently, yes, there is a presence by some of the bigger c
. >> guest: you come from a conservative republican background, senator mac, george rp bush, independent women's forum, is it tough to be a conservative republican in silicon valley? >> guest: no, it's not. you know, i say that people care about issues more so than politics, per se. i did a briefing on capitol hill earlier, and questions came up, oh can washington get more engaged, and the response was stay out. you know, they don't want you there, just allow you to do what they do...
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lou: president george bush reemerged in the public arena today after remaining largely out of public view since he left office. mr. bush try to offer a helping hand to his frustrated successor in the white house. >> we have a problem. the laws governing immigration system aren't working. the system is broken. we are now in an important debate reforming those laws. and that is good. i don't tend to get involved in the politics or the specifics of policy, but i do hope there is a positive resolution to the debate. lou: president obama's press secretary jay carney taking a different approach today essentially blaming his bosses support for the gang of eight bill and the house's reluctance to hold a vote. >> i know it annoys them that he is in office, let's just accept that. but this isn't about him. the reason why we have the progress we have seen is in no small measure because of the support the president has put behind immigration reform of the advocacy he engaged in throughout the campaign and throughout his first term, but it is not about him. >> it is not about him, although it was
lou: president george bush reemerged in the public arena today after remaining largely out of public view since he left office. mr. bush try to offer a helping hand to his frustrated successor in the white house. >> we have a problem. the laws governing immigration system aren't working. the system is broken. we are now in an important debate reforming those laws. and that is good. i don't tend to get involved in the politics or the specifics of policy, but i do hope there is a positive...
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dennis: more than tripled, and another measure shows that while george bush and his first term, his pages are up 4%. just the first three years the president obama's turned the pages were up over 7 percent, not only passing more rules, but were your calendar rolls. >> well, not just launder, but they and using terms the have to be -- that are just tailor-made for lobbyists and lawyers to figure out what exactly they mean. i happen to think that they use terms like reasonable. what does that mean? does for courts and lawyers and lawmakers to sort out. that kind of thing happens all the time, which is why so many of them turn into court cases. dennis: the thinker and a pass these rules and give a terms is because it is a well intended effort and we're just not sure or is it actually intentional on the part of the bureaucracy to try to give itself more wiggle room to enforce the rules of wants to and not bother with the once a dozen want to? >> the me correct you on one thing. i do think that these things are intentionally vague. in most cases it is actually not the regulators to pass these.
dennis: more than tripled, and another measure shows that while george bush and his first term, his pages are up 4%. just the first three years the president obama's turned the pages were up over 7 percent, not only passing more rules, but were your calendar rolls. >> well, not just launder, but they and using terms the have to be -- that are just tailor-made for lobbyists and lawyers to figure out what exactly they mean. i happen to think that they use terms like reasonable. what does...
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barack obama often mocks the foreign policy of president george w. bush. as president himself obama cannot escape his mounting foreign policy follies. and he and his administration and the american people are now bearing the embarrassing consequences. former egyptian president, president obama held for some from power more than two years ago. to the was ordered to be released from prison. he is to be released within 48 hours. his release is another slap in
barack obama often mocks the foreign policy of president george w. bush. as president himself obama cannot escape his mounting foreign policy follies. and he and his administration and the american people are now bearing the embarrassing consequences. former egyptian president, president obama held for some from power more than two years ago. to the was ordered to be released from prison. he is to be released within 48 hours. his release is another slap in
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i think we can look no further than the 2004 election and george bush had the naacp audited. this is not a new phenomenon. >> all the more reason to jump on this. >> no, not necessarily. i think when you have a situation where this is what we're used to and more broadly it's a type of profiling. this is something that we see not just in the federal government, but in state and municipal governments all over the country. i don't think that folks are like, oh, this is something new. yes, it's outrageous, but we've seen it. it's old news, i think, to people who may be more liberal leaning. >> it is one of those things and it does seem as if you're mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham and incumbent republican worried about the tea party challenging you, this is a gift. >> yeah. >> i'm looking out for your back. don't challenge me. >> to find common ground and to dan's point, it's unfortunate that president obama will be essentially forced to react to this at today's press conference. >> they could have done this on their own schedule on friday. that is what seemed, if anything, a m
i think we can look no further than the 2004 election and george bush had the naacp audited. this is not a new phenomenon. >> all the more reason to jump on this. >> no, not necessarily. i think when you have a situation where this is what we're used to and more broadly it's a type of profiling. this is something that we see not just in the federal government, but in state and municipal governments all over the country. i don't think that folks are like, oh, this is something new....
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stuart: did you see what president george bush, bush 41. did you see what he did for the child of one of his secret service agents, shaved his head in solidarity with the child who is fighting leukemia. my feel good take next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. but hurry, offers end july 31st. >> big name stock, tech stock in the news, amazon under $300 a share. reports its profits are otherwise are late this afternoon. we keep asking, which city could be the next detroit? coming up new at 10, someone who says it's los angeles. the pension time bomb there could explode, two, three years from now and the man who crashed the royal baby circus, he's got nothing to do with the royal family. and funny man andy levy is here and he's going to make us laugh about that and a lot more. something different for my take today. something positive. something uplifting. i know you'
stuart: did you see what president george bush, bush 41. did you see what he did for the child of one of his secret service agents, shaved his head in solidarity with the child who is fighting leukemia. my feel good take next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. but hurry, offers end july 31st. >> big name stock,...
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now, finally, tonight, i want to leave you with this image of president george hw bush. in his lap, he is holding 2-year-old patrick, the son of a member of mr. bush's security detail. patrick has leukemia. so in solidarity with patrick, president bush shaved his head too. i will close by saying god bless president bush and young patrick. that is it for the show, we will be back tomorrow night. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. but hurry, offers end july 31st. could lose tens of thousands of dollars on their 401(k) to hidden fees. thankfully e-trade has low cost investments and no hidden fees. but, you know, if you're still bent on blowing this fat stack of cash, there's a couple of ways you could do it. ♪ ♪ or just go to e-trade and save it. boom. ♪ or just go to e-trade always go the extra mile. to treat my low testosterone, i did my research. my doctor and i went with axiron, the only under
now, finally, tonight, i want to leave you with this image of president george hw bush. in his lap, he is holding 2-year-old patrick, the son of a member of mr. bush's security detail. patrick has leukemia. so in solidarity with patrick, president bush shaved his head too. i will close by saying god bless president bush and young patrick. that is it for the show, we will be back tomorrow night. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the...
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president george w. bush and the republican controlled congress let that law expire ten years later in 2004. and because they let it expire, that is why the mother of the sandy hook elementary school shooter was able to buy legally and easily the bush master ar-15 assault rifle that the sandy hook gunman used to fire all but one of 152 bullets that he fired in the space of less than five minutes. that morning three months ago today in connecticut. the gun that he used that day would've been illegal for his mother to buy. had the republican-controlled congress and president george w. bush not let dianne feinstein's law expire in 2004, the mother of the young man who killed those 20 first grade kids, his mother from whom he took all his weapons would not have been able to legally and easily by those big 30-round extended magazines that we are told he used that day. not the gun, nor the extended magazines. she would've only been able to legally and easily buy ten-round magazines, not 30-round magazines. so
president george w. bush and the republican controlled congress let that law expire ten years later in 2004. and because they let it expire, that is why the mother of the sandy hook elementary school shooter was able to buy legally and easily the bush master ar-15 assault rifle that the sandy hook gunman used to fire all but one of 152 bullets that he fired in the space of less than five minutes. that morning three months ago today in connecticut. the gun that he used that day would've been...
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this, as did george bush did against the program and every fed meeting this year. he goes on to say that history suggests waiting too long to a knowledge the economy's progress and prepare markets for more normal policy-setting skerries no less risk than tightening too soon. home prices rose to their biggest annual gain in april since february 2006. building demand and low inventory. according to core logic prices soared more than 12% in the same time last year. the lower 48 states, nevada had a largest year-over-year price jump. mortgage rates also continuing with their upward trend for a fifth straight week according to zillow. the average rate on a 30 year fixed loan is now almost 4%. we will continue on to our closing bell. "countdown to the closing bell" with liz claman. ♪ liz: customer relations management, shares of sales force, the company that helps businesses work more smartly are moving lower today after announcing an over $2 billion acquisition in the space that is something one other stocks soared. let's get to nicole petallides on the floor of the n
this, as did george bush did against the program and every fed meeting this year. he goes on to say that history suggests waiting too long to a knowledge the economy's progress and prepare markets for more normal policy-setting skerries no less risk than tightening too soon. home prices rose to their biggest annual gain in april since february 2006. building demand and low inventory. according to core logic prices soared more than 12% in the same time last year. the lower 48 states, nevada had...
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in 2004, george w. bush re-el t re-elected, got 44% of the hispanic vote. the electorate in the next presidential election will be 2% less white than it was in 2012, which was 2% less white from 2008. so if it were to be a national political party we can't perform in the 20s heading into the teen with hispanic voters. this is an enormous problem for the country. house republicans fancy themselves of people with solutions of big national problems, but when it comes to fixing these problems they seem to be awol from the field. >> steve, all politics are local. and they're not focused on 2016. they're focused on themselves in 2014. >> well, there's no question, the point that you made that jim made, is that house republicans, because of gerrymandering, redistricting, same true for the democrats, most house members are absolutely insole lated from national public opinion. and we see that playing out very clearly in this. >> here's an amazing illustration of how far the gop has come since the days of party legends like reagan. a clip from the 1980 debate between
in 2004, george w. bush re-el t re-elected, got 44% of the hispanic vote. the electorate in the next presidential election will be 2% less white than it was in 2012, which was 2% less white from 2008. so if it were to be a national political party we can't perform in the 20s heading into the teen with hispanic voters. this is an enormous problem for the country. house republicans fancy themselves of people with solutions of big national problems, but when it comes to fixing these problems they...
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i want to see if we have a picture of george h. w. bush. if we can show the audience as we close year. this is one of those pictures that moves you to tears. a 2-year old boy battling cancer , former president joining patrick as a sign of solidarity in shaving officer. the son of a member of bush 41 secret service detail. that support. ♪ [ man ] look how beautiful it is. ♪ honey, we need to talk. we do? to the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? [ male announcer ] whether you're new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. it's up to you to pay the difference. so think about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. i did a little research. with a medicaresupplement pla, you'll be able to stay with your doctor. oh, you kn, i love that guy. mm-hmm.
i want to see if we have a picture of george h. w. bush. if we can show the audience as we close year. this is one of those pictures that moves you to tears. a 2-year old boy battling cancer , former president joining patrick as a sign of solidarity in shaving officer. the son of a member of bush 41 secret service detail. that support. ♪ [ man ] look how beautiful it is. ♪ honey, we need to talk. we do? to the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a...
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it began decades ago with a vision from then president george h.w. bush. he called on americans to take action by helping their fellow citizens. auz may know, president bush has one of the biggest hearts in this nation. you can ask president clinton. is he going to confirm it for you. i saw firsthand these two former presidents making an example for the rest of us. a republican and a democrat working together after hurricane ike. who is tonight's points of life ward winners. governor chris christie. the even better news? volunteers all over the nation every single day helping. chances are you're a volunteer, and so this night in many ways honors you too. take a bow. regardless of our differences, political or otherwise, we all need to look out for each other, and that's my off the record comment tonight. if you have an prnt story issue you think i should take off the record, go to greta.com and tell us about it. >>> now to the west coast. a controversial new plan for a california city with big money problems. right now san jose cannot pay the benefits it o
it began decades ago with a vision from then president george h.w. bush. he called on americans to take action by helping their fellow citizens. auz may know, president bush has one of the biggest hearts in this nation. you can ask president clinton. is he going to confirm it for you. i saw firsthand these two former presidents making an example for the rest of us. a republican and a democrat working together after hurricane ike. who is tonight's points of life ward winners. governor chris...
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because george bush lived in texas, obviously. he was governor. and dick cheney also obviously lived in texas. he lived in dallas and ran halliburton from there that. means they're both texans. under the 12th amendment, when texas' electors would meet to cast the state's electoral votes for president and vice president, they would be barred by the 12th amendment of the constitution from casting those votes for both george bush and dick cheney. they could vote for one or the other of them but could not vote for both of them. if it turned out to be a close election in 2000, that might matter. how do deal with this problem? dick cheney decided to move. technically, at least. cheney lived in dallas while he was chairman of halliburton company until he changed his voting registration to teton county, wyoming. four days before becoming bush's running mate. cheney lived in dallas, but he changed his registration to wyoming four days before the announcement that he had picked himself to be bush's running mate. nice work. maybe people won't notice. last we
because george bush lived in texas, obviously. he was governor. and dick cheney also obviously lived in texas. he lived in dallas and ran halliburton from there that. means they're both texans. under the 12th amendment, when texas' electors would meet to cast the state's electoral votes for president and vice president, they would be barred by the 12th amendment of the constitution from casting those votes for both george bush and dick cheney. they could vote for one or the other of them but...
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bush, because remember, what bush's genius was, if you want to use genius and george bush in the same sentence, but the genius of george w. bush was he was able to have enough credibility with the rock ridge conservative base to be able to move and be sort of palatable to the business conservative. but right now, the business wing of the party has three strikes. they elected george w. bush, who came in as a rock conservative and gave away the store on spending. then you had two losses with mccain and romney, both of whom the base ultimately said okay, we'll embrace him, give you guys your way. i think this time the base of the party is through with the establishment, and christie being the favorite of, let's just face it, our business, of the northeastern media elite, hurts him. the national organization for marriage came out and slammed him as having no courage, no convictions. that part of the party is ascendant right now. the rock rib base wants somebody like him, and there's going to be other governors, there will be perry out there, scott walker out there, people more conservativ
bush, because remember, what bush's genius was, if you want to use genius and george bush in the same sentence, but the genius of george w. bush was he was able to have enough credibility with the rock ridge conservative base to be able to move and be sort of palatable to the business conservative. but right now, the business wing of the party has three strikes. they elected george w. bush, who came in as a rock conservative and gave away the store on spending. then you had two losses with...
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because it was -- that was the part of george w. bush's personality. george h.w. bush, the polite one, says the right thing. what he thinks somebody wants to hear on television. that was never barbara bush. >> god love her. that's what we love about her. so refreshing. wish there were more people like that in politics today. >> she is. >> that's definitely the cutting line that -- that we would see from him, from president bush from time to time, too. you know, what president bush also really hated was psychoanalyzing that kind of language. i wouldn't read too much into that except that it was a really good line. >> well, fair enough. sara, i've been taken aback as i've been thinking abili ining bush legacy. we talk about the presidency. iraq, that's going to be a discussion people are going to have for a long time. when i was listening to reince priebus talk about what we thought was the problem with the republican party, i couldn't help but think, oh, he wants bush 2000. >> it's true. the president has always taken a long view certainly on policy, but also on po
because it was -- that was the part of george w. bush's personality. george h.w. bush, the polite one, says the right thing. what he thinks somebody wants to hear on television. that was never barbara bush. >> god love her. that's what we love about her. so refreshing. wish there were more people like that in politics today. >> she is. >> that's definitely the cutting line that -- that we would see from him, from president bush from time to time, too. you know, what president...
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not listening to george w. bush is a big mistake for republicans. you can say a lot of very bad things about him. i certainly have said most of them. the fact remains the man knows how to win a national election something the rest of his party hasn't quite figured out. he's the only republican to win a majority of the popular vote in any of the last six presidential elections. he did it once out of two tries, and he did it largely because of this number, which is how he performed on hispanic voters in 2004. far higher than any other republican in the two elections before or since. george w. bush entering into the immigration debate on the day the house republican caucus discusses the topic. a base that is now in full and absolute open revolt. with 11 million lives hanging in the balance. joining me now is steve case, co-founder of aol, now chairman and ceo of revolution. he's backed companies like living social and zipcar. and steve, i want to get your reaction to the statement that came out of the house republican caucus meeting today. it was not -
not listening to george w. bush is a big mistake for republicans. you can say a lot of very bad things about him. i certainly have said most of them. the fact remains the man knows how to win a national election something the rest of his party hasn't quite figured out. he's the only republican to win a majority of the popular vote in any of the last six presidential elections. he did it once out of two tries, and he did it largely because of this number, which is how he performed on hispanic...
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. >> you're buying into the narrative when it came to the george bush amnesty plan that we can't kick them up. why can't you round them up? financially? we spend $4 billion each and every day to incarcerate 35,000 felons. $35,000 a day. >> how much do you think it would cost to pick people up and -- >> it's not going to happen. >> buy them a plane ticket. >> i've got to tell you, it's completely wrong. these people -- many of them -- >> why is it wrong? >> many of these people have been here for generations, busting their butt because they are trying for a better life is why. if i lived in one of those states strived with drug violence, you're damn right i would try to be getting a better life. i'm lucky to be born here. >> i want a better life so i'm going to come in your house and maybe live in your living room. is that all right? >> bob, what do you think? we clearly don't agree on this. >> when you talk to republicans in congress, they say only the most conservative members of the republican party are trying to get away from this path to legalization. but the way i see this playin
. >> you're buying into the narrative when it came to the george bush amnesty plan that we can't kick them up. why can't you round them up? financially? we spend $4 billion each and every day to incarcerate 35,000 felons. $35,000 a day. >> how much do you think it would cost to pick people up and -- >> it's not going to happen. >> buy them a plane ticket. >> i've got to tell you, it's completely wrong. these people -- many of them -- >> why is it wrong?...
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ari served in the george w. bush administration. this is remarkable. the president is now defending a policy he probably would have opposed when he was a senator. does this make sense to you? >> i have no doubt that barack obama would be appalled by this in the past. i would like to know why he's doing it in the present. >> ari, they're saying we don't know the names of the people whose data we're collecting, but i mean, i imagine you can easily piece together, link a number to a name. >> i praise the president for taking the steps he's taken to keep this country safe from potential terrorist threat. across the board when you look at what he's done, he's continued so many of the bush administration policies from drone strikes to military commissions to wiretaps to renditions to you name it, he's doing it. it's like george bush is having his fourth term. i praise president obama for it. now, i think he's a hypocrite. he campaigned against president obama, he said it was a violation of the constitution, he campaigned against president bush, said it was a
ari served in the george w. bush administration. this is remarkable. the president is now defending a policy he probably would have opposed when he was a senator. does this make sense to you? >> i have no doubt that barack obama would be appalled by this in the past. i would like to know why he's doing it in the present. >> ari, they're saying we don't know the names of the people whose data we're collecting, but i mean, i imagine you can easily piece together, link a number to a...
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joining me, sam thernstrom who served with president george w. bush. executive director of the energy innovate reform project. and sam, my first question is, how do we get over this? this is my big -- i realize that i can't be the person that breaks the ice here, that figures out the way to make this dialogue not be as toxic and terrible and self-destructive as it is. how do we get out of this dead end? >> well, actually, chris, we can start right here. you can help. you can't do it yourself, but you can help. we can start by actually breaking down the assumptions in your setup just now which was the idea which is perpetuated by a lot of environmental activists that if you accept the basic science of climate change then you must accept the entire democratic or environmental agenda on climate policy. my experience is talking to others, they know they object to the policy measures that democrats propose, and so that stiffens their resistance on climate. if we have a constructive conversation about the policy options that conservatives could support, we m
joining me, sam thernstrom who served with president george w. bush. executive director of the energy innovate reform project. and sam, my first question is, how do we get over this? this is my big -- i realize that i can't be the person that breaks the ice here, that figures out the way to make this dialogue not be as toxic and terrible and self-destructive as it is. how do we get out of this dead end? >> well, actually, chris, we can start right here. you can help. you can't do it...
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home to kennebunkport maine, the original george bush is from maine. they are offering a $0,000 cocktail to honor its 40th anniversary. it is called ruby rose. st. germane's flower liquor, grapefruit juice, roads water, you add it up doesn't come to 40 grand. much one special ingredient. four carat ruby. the hotel offers a cheaper version without the ruby. that costs 18 bucks. lori: happy hour, david. "off the desk", when ironman theaters hit japan they will be offered in 4-d. what is that? will make the audience feel effects film and view egg them. they can include anything from seat motion to vibration to aromas and bubbles. cj group makes the technology plans to bring it to the u.s. in five years. david: they had it in the 1950s and it didn't work then. we asked you on facebook and twitter if you think apple will regain its mojo. wayne on facebook wrote in to say, apple is out of style. eloquent. lori: doug on facebook said apple's reached and retreated over the peak. it will take new technology and brilliance to return. i'm not sure they maintained
home to kennebunkport maine, the original george bush is from maine. they are offering a $0,000 cocktail to honor its 40th anniversary. it is called ruby rose. st. germane's flower liquor, grapefruit juice, roads water, you add it up doesn't come to 40 grand. much one special ingredient. four carat ruby. the hotel offers a cheaper version without the ruby. that costs 18 bucks. lori: happy hour, david. "off the desk", when ironman theaters hit japan they will be offered in 4-d. what is...
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that's george washington up until george bush. insane when he wasn't president. now he's breathing a sigh of relief he has the new debt ceiling. he's the one that jacked up the deficit four times from the bush level up to $1.4 trillion. bob will say part is bush. maybe. he kept it four years. it's still way above voice levels. i don't know how the man can say i've cut the limit. we have fiscal problems, fiscal may ham on the horizon. you better fix it. we haven't fixed anything. we've bought a few more moss. >> dana, if there were a game show for republican, would pit be called no deal or no deal? >> that would win awards. emmy award winning. >> answer the question. >> here's the game show they averted the shutdown. it was not even bud light. it tasted terrible and gave you a horrible political hang over. this is going to hang over them for a little while now. you know what this really helped is the permanent political class in washington d.c. and the lobbyist. you bet because the unions did not get what ept thissed out of this past deal, they'll work hard to get
that's george washington up until george bush. insane when he wasn't president. now he's breathing a sigh of relief he has the new debt ceiling. he's the one that jacked up the deficit four times from the bush level up to $1.4 trillion. bob will say part is bush. maybe. he kept it four years. it's still way above voice levels. i don't know how the man can say i've cut the limit. we have fiscal problems, fiscal may ham on the horizon. you better fix it. we haven't fixed anything. we've bought a...
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under george w. bush the rate was 30%. under bill clinton, less than 28% and under george w. bush under 30%. records for ronald reagan were incomplete and you have to go back to ford to find a certain percentage of political appointees and let's bring in kay bailey hutchison and didi meyers and david nakamura. this is par for the course in washington and what is always interesting and obviously, we know donors, it's usually a donor that gets written in france. with caroline kennedy it's usually the japanese want a political celebrity. they've had baker in the past and walter mondale. >> i spent a couple of years in japan and i talked to folks at the japan embassy and they're very excited because she does offer the sheen of celebrity. that said, i've also talked to americans over there and american foreign policy folks who were surprised to say the least when her name first came up six months ago. >> i thought more people thought it would be paris. >> yeah. >> even our secretary of state doesn't have much experience in asia. what does that mean? the japanese are excited that i
under george w. bush the rate was 30%. under bill clinton, less than 28% and under george w. bush under 30%. records for ronald reagan were incomplete and you have to go back to ford to find a certain percentage of political appointees and let's bring in kay bailey hutchison and didi meyers and david nakamura. this is par for the course in washington and what is always interesting and obviously, we know donors, it's usually a donor that gets written in france. with caroline kennedy it's usually...
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george w. bush encapsulated this perfectly when the first wiretapping was reported in 2005 when he basically said, you know what, if you're not al qaeda, you've got nothing to worry about. this sort of thing cuts the other direction too, though. what if the american people haven't much cared about or maybe have even approved of something the government was doing because we thought it was for fighting terrorism but instead it's not. something that everybody -- maybe a little squeamish about but basically okay with because it's supposedly only for use against bad guys in foreign countries. guys like this, right? turns out instead it's being used by local american cops for regular old crime for stuff done by americans that has nothing to do with wacky religious ideology. what if powers of the u.s. government that had some agent somewhere listening into this conversation with the threats to the u.s. embassies. what if that same power has the same agents also listening in on your phone calls. findin
george w. bush encapsulated this perfectly when the first wiretapping was reported in 2005 when he basically said, you know what, if you're not al qaeda, you've got nothing to worry about. this sort of thing cuts the other direction too, though. what if the american people haven't much cared about or maybe have even approved of something the government was doing because we thought it was for fighting terrorism but instead it's not. something that everybody -- maybe a little squeamish about but...
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. >> i said george w. bush, laura bush. >> what did george bush say in china? >> talked about women's rights everywhere he went and saudi arabia, egypt. >> okay. good. >> and afghanistan and in iraq. >> i stand corrected. then that's fine. that gives us four. >> you have a whole generation of conservative that is pointed out forced abortion laws in china aborting tons more girls than boys. >> when hillary clinton talked about women's muslim countries, did she hear an hijab? >> i have no idea. will you wear an hijab when you go to speak? >> that's the fact. >> the fact we send one in to broker deals, normally i get heat for this, sending a woman in to sit down with the men at a table that did not respect her shows that we do not understand their culture at all. >> or we're doing that on purpose. we're saying you will have to do this. >> i like that. i like that about america. this our government officials put women in positions to say you have to sit here with her whether you like it or not. i love that about us. there's some things i don't like. another thing t
. >> i said george w. bush, laura bush. >> what did george bush say in china? >> talked about women's rights everywhere he went and saudi arabia, egypt. >> okay. good. >> and afghanistan and in iraq. >> i stand corrected. then that's fine. that gives us four. >> you have a whole generation of conservative that is pointed out forced abortion laws in china aborting tons more girls than boys. >> when hillary clinton talked about women's muslim...
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george h. w. bush and barbara bush were both saluted for the points of light organization that the president supported. it is now the largest volunteer service organization in the world, with 4 million people putting in 30 million hours of service every year. it was a gracious day, all about the volunteers and a tribute to 41, who, true to form, and in classic modesty, tried to cut off the thunderous ovation he received. he is 89 now. he survived a big health scare last year. and while his legs have quit on him and his voice isn't as strong, it was a familiar-sounding former president who took to the mic briefly. >> like coming home for barbara and me. the rest of you just coming to this magnificent house, to be greeted by this superb hospitality knows no bounds. thank you all very much. >> by the way, his son, neil, says they are calling dad gq instead of 41 these days because of the expressive sock choices he has been making. points of light has honored one volunteer on each day of its existence
george h. w. bush and barbara bush were both saluted for the points of light organization that the president supported. it is now the largest volunteer service organization in the world, with 4 million people putting in 30 million hours of service every year. it was a gracious day, all about the volunteers and a tribute to 41, who, true to form, and in classic modesty, tried to cut off the thunderous ovation he received. he is 89 now. he survived a big health scare last year. and while his legs...
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and the video nbc used was of president george bush playing golf. so the fact of the matter is the media doesn't get it. obama's arrogant and self-entitled and he's the american idol president and nothing's going to change because the media has their guy. it's a slobbering love affair and it's not going to end until 2013 and maybe, until he's done with the presidency and may not end then. he'll keep playing golf. >> sean: you know, penny lee, the economy contracted in the last quarter. we have one more quarter like that we're officially in recession, we've got higher unemployment than when he took office. 8 1/2 million americans in the labor force and 50 million on food stamps. don't you think you think there's an imbalance. >> sean, that's simply not true. when he had taken office and-- >> did you take a three week vacation over christmas. and mine was disrupted because of the fiscal cliff, i was happy. did you take a trip to hawaii. >> i went to see my mother. >> sean: who has vacations like this. >> there's a travelling white house and can addres
and the video nbc used was of president george bush playing golf. so the fact of the matter is the media doesn't get it. obama's arrogant and self-entitled and he's the american idol president and nothing's going to change because the media has their guy. it's a slobbering love affair and it's not going to end until 2013 and maybe, until he's done with the presidency and may not end then. he'll keep playing golf. >> sean: you know, penny lee, the economy contracted in the last quarter. we...
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it's designed after the bush family ranch in crawford, and it's part of the george w. bush presidential center at smu which makes its public debut next month. thank you so much for having us here in this little sneak peek. >> thank you for coming, erin. i'm glad you're here to get to see it. >> reporter: i sat down with the former first lady on international women's day to talk about the bush institute women's fellowship program. >> it's really the -- sort of the answer, i guess, to a dream that george and i both had. we both believe that women are going to be the ones who lead the democracy movement across the broader middle east. as so, we brought a year ago a group of egyptian women. we decided to focus on egypt first. >> reporter: 14 egyptian women have spent the past year learning leadership skills from prominent american women in education, health care, business, politics, law and media. a lot of people see egypt, and especially when you think of women, there have been gang rapes in tahrir square and genital mutilation remain horrific, 96% according to the u.n. w
it's designed after the bush family ranch in crawford, and it's part of the george w. bush presidential center at smu which makes its public debut next month. thank you so much for having us here in this little sneak peek. >> thank you for coming, erin. i'm glad you're here to get to see it. >> reporter: i sat down with the former first lady on international women's day to talk about the bush institute women's fellowship program. >> it's really the -- sort of the answer, i...
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. >>> when the financial crisis happened at the end of the george bush sww. bush president and the economy went down the toilet across country, there were a million manifestations that were material, for individual families, people who lost their jobs, us as a country. in 2008, our economic growth rate was negative 8.3%. that was the negative growth rate that quarter for the whole country. one of the weirdly unsettling manifestations of that very dark time in our recent history was when some towns and some counties and some states decided they had to unpave themselves. do you remember this when we decided that the united states of america could no longer afford paved roads? 38 counties in michigan started grinding their paved roads, their asphalt roads into gravel because they could not afford to keep them paved. in south dakota, 100 miles of afault road ground into gravel. in ohio, they couldn't afford to grind down their roads. ohio counties made an official decision to let their paved streets erode into unpaved streets. this started happening in 2009 when
. >>> when the financial crisis happened at the end of the george bush sww. bush president and the economy went down the toilet across country, there were a million manifestations that were material, for individual families, people who lost their jobs, us as a country. in 2008, our economic growth rate was negative 8.3%. that was the negative growth rate that quarter for the whole country. one of the weirdly unsettling manifestations of that very dark time in our recent history was...
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when george bush came to the democratic congress in 2008 and said, you know, as a result of these deregulatory policies -- he didn't admit that, but, we're in a terrible situation, we worked with him. 2009, mitch mcconnell announces that his number one goal is to defeat obama, and no, they haven't been constructive about anything. they didn't cooperate with us, forget about health care, which you may say is a big ideological problem for them. we couldn't get them to work with us in either the house or the senate constructively on financial reform or trying to regulate derivatives, on setting up a consumer bureau. >> my favorite example, the office of the printer of the united states, which had to be recess appointed because he was being stone-walled by republicans. former congressman barney frank, thank you so much. joining me now, michael dyson, professor of sociology at georgetown university. medicare funding gets approval, more ohioans through the medicaid expansion, which has gotten less coverage, but is doing a lot more than anything we're seeing on the exchanges right now. >> absolutely
when george bush came to the democratic congress in 2008 and said, you know, as a result of these deregulatory policies -- he didn't admit that, but, we're in a terrible situation, we worked with him. 2009, mitch mcconnell announces that his number one goal is to defeat obama, and no, they haven't been constructive about anything. they didn't cooperate with us, forget about health care, which you may say is a big ideological problem for them. we couldn't get them to work with us in either the...
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george herbert walker bush is x expected to be release frd the hospital this week. a spokesman said we are hopeful he can be discharged this week, but we're still taking everything one day at a time. president bush went into the hospital on november 23rd for a case of bronchitis and was admitted into the intensive care unit after having a fever. he was transferred back to the regular patient ward late last month. >>> robert f. kennedy junior isn't convinced that lee harvey os wald acted alone in president john f. kennedy's assassination. speaking in dallas on friday night, he said his father, president kennedy's brother, believeded the investigation that looked into the shoot iing was quote a shoddy piece of work manship. rfk jr. says he, too, questions the report. robert kennedy jr. said his father was concerned enough about the warren report that he asked investigators to look into the allegations that oswald had help from the mafia, the cia. the 50th anniversary of that assassination is in november of this year. you going the see a lot of these events and a lot o
george herbert walker bush is x expected to be release frd the hospital this week. a spokesman said we are hopeful he can be discharged this week, but we're still taking everything one day at a time. president bush went into the hospital on november 23rd for a case of bronchitis and was admitted into the intensive care unit after having a fever. he was transferred back to the regular patient ward late last month. >>> robert f. kennedy junior isn't convinced that lee harvey os wald...